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A Bug's Life
Synopsis
Life is no picnic for the ants on Ant Island! Each summer, a gang of greedy grasshoppers - led by the menacing and manipulative Hopper - descends upon the colony to demand a hefty portion of the ants' hard-earned harvest and generally make life miserable for this peaceful community. Our hero Flik, an original thinker out of step with the rest of the more traditionally minded colony, takes it upon himself to get outside help and mistakenly enlists an unemployed troupe of bug performers from a second-rate flea circus to join the fight against the grasshoppers. Working together in their new-found friendship, the ants and the circus bugs prepare for a climactic confrontation with the grasshoppers. When Flik's plan starts to unravel, the action and comedy turn fast and furious as he attempts to save the colony and his reputation.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter,
  • Writer:
    Joe Ranft, Bob Shaw, Don McEnery, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter,
  • Producer:
    Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher, Darla Anderson, Darla K Anderson,
  • Cinematographer:
    Sharon Calahan,
  • Editor:
    Lee Unkrich,
  • Cast:
    Kevin Spacey, Phyllis Diller, Hayden Panettiere, Dave Foley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Tim Holland,
  • Script Supervisor:
    B.Z. Petroff,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Jonas Rivera,
  • Set Dresser:
    David Eisenmann,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Pat Jackson, Pat Jackson,
  • Camera Technician:
    Jeff Wan, Don Conway,
  • Animation:
    Andrew Gordon, Bobby Podesta, Dylan Brown, Mark A. Walsh, Andrew Gordon, Karen Prell, Brett Coderre, Scott Clark, Roger Rose, John Kahrs, Michael Parks, Doug Sweetland, Anthony Scott, Doug Sheppeck, Daniel Mason, Steve Segal, Timothy Hittle, Les Major, Michael Parks, Jeff Pratt, David DeVan, Shawn Krause, Billy Merritt, J. Warren Trezevant, David Tart, Andrew Schmidt, Alan Sperling, Michael Berenstein, Karen Kiser, Kyle Balda, Mark Oftedal, Steven Clay Hunter, Andrew Schmidt, Sandra Christiansen, Bankole Lasekan,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Miguel Ángel Poveda, Brian McNulty,
  • ADR & Dubbing:
    Doc Kane,
  • Executive Music Producer:
    Chris Montan,
  • Production Intern:
    Adam Bronstein, Justin Oliphant, Hoon H. Kim, Crystal Jones, Josh Morsell, Maneli Keshavarzi, Thomas Jordan,
  • Musician:
    Bruce White, James Walker, Don Williams, Mark Berrow, Tommy Johnson, Skaila Kanga, Andrew Findon, Rachel Bolt, Jonathan Williams, Jonathan Williams, James Walker, Tom Boyd, Armen Ksajikian, Peter Davies, Paul Kegg, James Thatcher, Paul Clarvis,
  • Visual Development:
    David Gordon, Bruce Zick, Fred Warter, Jean Gillmore, Peter DeSève, William Joyce, Steve Johnson, Rick Maki, Lou Fancher, Paul Kratter, Steve Johnson, David Gordon,
  • Lighting Technician:
    Patrick Wilson, Brian Green, Chris Perry, Stephen King, John Warren, Patrick Wilson, Eileen O'Neill, Bill Wise, John Warren, Ana Lacaze, Danielle Feinberg, Kim White, Stephen King, Jason Bickerstaff, Brad Andalman, Bena Currin, Joyce Powell, Lauren Alpert, Janet Lucroy, Jean-Claude Kalache, Brian Green, Eileen O'Neill, Chris Perry, Kirk Bowers, Jun Han Cho, Ruieta DaSilva, Bill Polson, Stephanie Andrews, Kelly O'Connell, Craig McGillivray, Dale Ruffolo, Reid Gershbein, Bill Wise, Keith B.C. Gordon, Deborah R. Fowler, Wayne Wooten, Don Schreiter, Sudeep Rangaswamy, Lisa Forssell, John Singh Pottebaum, Sonoko Konishi, Ken Lao, Cynthia Dueltgen,
  • Shading:
    Brian Green, Tien Truong, Bill Wise, David Valdez, John B. Anderson, Brian M. Rosen, Mitch Prater, Lisa Forssell, Keith Olenick, Ken Lao, Ben Jordan, Eliot Smyrl, Daniel McCoy, David Batte, Bill Wise, David Valdez, Brian Green,
  • Software Engineer:
    rendering software engineer, Dana Batali, David M. Laur, Maneesh Agrawala, Bruce Perens, Steve Johnson, Drew Rogge, Ronen Barzel, Bena Currin, Thomas Hahn, Brad Andalman, Chris King, Daniel McCoy, Michael B. Johnson, Samuel Lord Black, Kurt Fleischer, Michael Kass, Brian M. Rosen, James W. Williams, Kitt Hirasaki, Mark Thomas Henne, Reid Gershbein, Wayne Wooten, Mark T. VandeWettering, Michael Shantzis, Heidi Stettner, Sudeep Rangaswamy, Peter Nye, Lisa Forssell, John Singh Pottebaum, Tony DeRose, Dirk Van Gelder, Lee Ozer, Eric Lebel, Shaun Oborn, Matt Pharr, Phil Beffrey, Dan Lyke, Steve Johnson, Arun Rao, Chris King, Michael B. Johnson,
  • Color Timer:
    Dale E. Grahn,
  • Systems Administrators & Support:
    Jeff 'Heffe' Millhollen, Peter Kaldis, Bryan Bird, Auburn C. 'Aubie' Schmidt, Alisa Gilden, Ken Huey, Edgar Quinones, May Pon, Anne Pia, Warren Hays, Dallas Wisehaupt, Alex Stahl, Adam Beeman, George Bagtas, Edilberto A. Soriano Jr., Gregory Yong Paik, Nathan Ardaiz, Jason B. Hendrix, Lars R. Damerow, Patrick Guenette, Christopher C. Walker, Ling Hsu, Jason 'Jayfish' Hull, Nelson Siu, John Hee Soo Lee, Josh Qualtieri, Kristina Perez, Kristina Perez, M.T. Silvia, Andy Thomas, Erik Forman,
  • Photoscience Manager:
    David DiFrancesco,
  • Information Systems Manager:
    Michael O'Brien, Duncan Keefe,
  • Additional Sound Re-Recordist:
    Bob Baron,
  • Lighting Coordinator:
    Tom Kim,
  • Art Department Assistant:
    Michael Griffin Kelly, Andrea Warren,
  • Orchestrator:
    Ira Hearshen, Jonathan Sacks, Don Davis,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom,
  • Camera Supervisor:
    Louis Rivera,
  • Foley:
    Jana Vance, Dennie Thorpe,
  • Supervising Music Editor:
    Lori L. Eschler,
  • Thanks:
    Eric A. Wood, Craig Payne, Clay Welch, John Lansberry, Milan Parikh, Ellen Fair, Lianna Kelley, Kenny Condit, Amy Ellenwood, Tom Carlisle, Dennis 'D.J.' Jennings, David R. Haumann, Lisa Ellis, Robert Taylor, Robert Taylor, Ian Evans, Jonas Rivera, Adrian Ochoa, Katherine Sarafian, Sue Maatouk-Kalache, Debbie L. O'Keeffe,
  • Casting:
    Ruth Lambert, Mary Hidalgo,
  • Production Manager:
    Susan Tatsuno Hamana,
  • Lighting Manager:
    Lindsey Collins,
  • Supervising Technical Director:
    William Reeves, Eben Ostby,
  • Modeling:
    David Lomax, James Bancroft, Loren Carpenter, Andrew Schmidt, Mark Adams, Damir Frkovic, Andrew Schmidt, Wei-Chung Chang,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Randy Newman,
  • Sculptor:
    Jerome Ranft, Norm DeCarlo,
  • Screenplay:
    Bob Shaw, Andrew Stanton, Bob Shaw, Don McEnery,
  • Art Direction:
    Tia W. Kratter, Bob Pauley,
  • Character Designer:
    Bob Pauley,
  • Temp Sound Editor:
    Rona Michele, John K. Carr,
  • Songs:
    Randy Newman,
  • Editorial Coordinator:
    Hana Yoon,
  • Fix Animator:
    Bret 'Brook' Parker,
  • Animation Production Assistant:
    Lance Martin, Tomoko Harada Ferguson,
  • Title Designer:
    Susan Bradley,
  • Co-Director:
    Andrew Stanton,
  • Foley Editor:
    Marian Wilde, Mary Helen Leasman,
  • CG Painter:
    Bryn Imagire, Glenn Kim, Yvonne Herbst,
  • Production Design:
    William Cone,
  • Sound Mix Technician:
    Gary Rizzo, Tony Sereno,
  • Supervising Animator:
    Rich Quade, Glenn McQueen, Dale McBeath,
  • Sound Design Assistant:
    Shannon Mills,
  • Production Accountant:
    Donna Cipriani,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Tom Freeman,
  • Post Production Consulting:
    Patsy Bouge,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Andrew Page,
  • ADR Editor:
    Michael Silvers,
  • Temp Music Editor:
    David Slusser,
  • Lead Set Dresser:
    Sophie Vincelette,
  • ADR Voice Casting:
    Mickie McGowan,
  • Post Production Assistant:
    Timothy Sorensen,
  • Art Department Manager:
    Katherine Sarafian,
  • Sound Designer:
    Gary Rydstrom,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Meredith Layne,
  • Story by:
    Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Joe Ranft,
  • Animation Manager:
    Kori Rae,
  • Second Film Editor:
    David Ian Salter,
  • Negative Cutter:
    Mary Beth Smith,
  • Schedule Coordinator:
    Sarah Jo Helton,
  • Animation Fix Coordinator:
    Bret 'Brook' Parker,
  • Camera Department Manager:
    James Burgess,
  • Music Editor:
    Charles Paley,

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